Foster + Partners design technologically advanced library in Sharjah

Foster + Partners design The House of Wisdom - a digitally ready library and cultural centre that has state of the art facilities that include among others, an Espresso Book Machine that prints and binds books on-demand… The straight, minimalist lines of the building complement the dunes of the Sharjah desert as a large floating roof cantilevering on all sides sits atop a transparent rectilinear volume. The 15-metre-wide overhang shades the façades throughout most of the day, while fixed aluminium screens with differing densities filter the low sun in the evenings. Movable bamboo screens at low level are deployed to […]